1 Season
7 Episode
The Tribal Eye - Season 1 Episode 5 Woven Gardens
In a wonderful combination of beauty, function and tradition, this episodes features the rugs of the Qashqa’i Nomads of Iran. The rugs are a perfect mirror of the nomadic life of this Iranian people. Wool is gathered from sheep, goats and camels & dyes are made from the juices of plants. But with Qashqa’i rugs, beauty is second to function. They offer protection from the frozen ground and provide a shield against the bitter winds. When a girl marries a man from another group, she weaves the patterns her husband expects to see on his rugs, but she also integrates the images from her own tradition, thus creating a new family design.
- Year: 1975
- Country:
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: tribal customs, tribal art
- Director:
- Cast: David Attenborough
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